Ivy League Dog Training

Karl Bednarchik has been actively training dogs for 18 years in both group and private lessons. His dogs have won trophies in numerous hunting competitions throughout the midwest and have been “Animal Actors” in on-stage plays, and television commercials.

Hunting Puppy and Obedience Bootcamp

For puppies of all breeds 8 weeks and up

Puppy training can begin as early as 8 weeks.
To help make the puppy more manageable and responsive to commands, we begin the training with a private lesson.
Gunfire screening and a bird introduction are also included with this first private lesson.

Training areas covered are:

Socializing Time with Other Dogs

Gunfire Conditioning

Noise and Real World Distraction Conditioning

To-Hand Retrieving Training

One on One Obedience Work

Confidence Training

Gun Shyness

Bird Introductions

Sending a puppy to bootcamp is certainly not a bad thing.
Bootcamp is a 2 or 7 day program for you to recognize and unleash the powerful resources your dog already possesses.

Your puppy will be immersed in the
experience of gunfire conditioning,
tracking and flushing birds. Through
the use of both dummies and birds,
your puppy will also receive lessons on
retrieving. The end result is your puppy
will learn the skills it takes to form the
base knowledge necessary to become
an exceptional bird dog.

Three hours of follow up training are given
when you pick your dog up. This insures that
the dog will listen to you. Clients leave with a
good understanding of methods and tools to
achieve continued good results.